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TRAMINDA; GNAMPTOLOMA. By L. B. Prout. 
rufistrigata. 
mundissima. 
burmana. 
variegata. 
submargi- 
nata. 
subvirgata. 
hemichroa. 
prasodes. 
rufa. 
aventiaria. 
exceedingly weak. Vulcan Island, November 1913 — January 1914 (Meek). 1 and 2 in the Tring Museum. 
We figure a $ which shows the markings better than the others; the <$ is slightly yellower, the second $ is a 
more reddish aberration. 
17. Genus: Traminda Warr. 
(See Vol. 16, p. 52.) 
A predominantly African genus, typified by atroviridata Saalm., the Madagascar race of the very com¬ 
mon obversata Walk, (misprinted observata in Vol. 16, p. 54). If the present taxonomic distribution is correct, 
it contains only one or two essentially Indo-Australian species, which differ from Gnamptoloma in lacking the 
anterior excavation of the distal margin of the forewing and in the genitalia. Where as Gnamptoloma has a 
complex armature of the 8th segment, simple sac-like valves and more or less elongate uncus, Traminda (so 
far as known) has no such 8th segment, the valves divided much as in Cosymbia, the uncus divided and with 
lateral processes, more recalling some of the Calothysanis group. 
T. rufistrigata Hmps. (Vol. 16, pi. 6 c), described from Aden and known chiefly from the African side 
of the Red Sea, should be mentioned here, especially as it may well be found to occur also in dry or desert 
country farther eastward. Small, narrow-winged, with relatively long cells; hindtibia of the $ not tufted; 
termen of hindwing rounded, not angled. 
T. mundissima Walk. (= semicompleta Walk., cliatomata Walk., malacopis Lower) (17 g). Easily recog¬ 
nizable among the Indo-Australian species, though so similar to the African vividaria Walk. (Vol. 16, pi. 6 c), 
described from Caffraria 5 pages later, that the last-named might well be regarded as a race of it; the only spec¬ 
imen which I have seen from Sokotra looks to some extent intermediate. Hindtibia of the $ fringed with long 
coarse hair. As in many of the group, the colour may be either dull green or fleshy brownish and there is also 
considerable variation in the strength of the markings. The type (a $ from S. India) is flesh-coloured, the line 
red-brown, distally white-edged. ab. burmana Swinh., from Rangoon, is large, green, weakly marked, only 
the oblique whitish-buff line conspicuous. — ab. variegata nov., analogous to the vividaria Walk, forms which 
are so named (Vol. 16, p. 53). is green, with the oblique line red, accompanied proximally by a greyish shade. 
Occasional in India, the type from the Nilgiris. submarginata Warr. Postmedian dots of forewing generally con¬ 
nected by a line, which on the underside becomes a band-like vinaceous shade, continued on anterior part of 
hindwing. Almost a fixed race on Tambora, even the green form from that locality belonging here; elsewhere 
a very rare aberration. subvirgata subsp. (?) nov. Postmedian shade beneath nearly as in submarginata or 
narrower, generally greyer; upperside greenish, weakly marked. Bali. 3 4 (Doherty). Seems fairly 
constant. — hemichroa Meyr., founded on a 9 from Port Moresby, is unknown to me, but I suspect will prove 
to be a form of mundissima. “22 mm". Forewing pale dull green, the oblique line “reddish-whitish”; hindwing 
“dull whitish -reddish ”, strigulated with dark grey. — Forms of mundissima from Siam, Hainan. Sumba. 
Timor and northern Australia have not yet been differentiated from the type. Several specimens from Pusa 
have been submitted to me by the Agricultural Research Institute, Pusa. labelled as bred from Acacia catechu. 
T. prasodes Meyr. (= viridaria Swinh.) (17 g) has been regarded by Hampson and Turner as syn¬ 
onymous with mundissima , but this can scarcely be correct, as the forewing shows an approach (though only 
slight) towards the shape of Gnamptoloma. The cell-spot of the forewing, though still small, has a distinct white 
pupil, the hindwing a similar cell-spot and the underside is green, with a grey postmedian line and a more 
purple-grey line on the pale fringes. Both the name-types (Meyrick's from Duaringa, Swinhoe’s from Bali) 
belong to the green form. — Of ab. rufa nov. (nom. coll.) I know only a few including the type and another 
from Toowoomba. Sumba and Timor are further localities for prasodes. 
18. Genus: Giiaiiiptoloma Warr. 
Palpus moderate to longish. Antenna of bipectinate, with long branches. Hindtibia in both sexes 
with all spurs; in the $ tufted with long coarse hair. Forewing with apex produced, termen with an anterior 
concavity, an angle at the 3rd radial; areole simple, generally rather small, all the subcostals stalked well beyond 
it. Hindwing with a short tail or acute angle. Exclusively Indo-Australian, the few species very closely related. 
G. aventiaria Guen. (17 h), founded on a $ from “Australia”, has an even wider range than T. mundis¬ 
sima, embracing most of the Indo-Australian Region from Ceylon and India to Formosa, to the Louisiades 
and through the Sunda Islands to N. Australia and Queensland. It shows the same colour variation and the 
same general scheme of markings as that species and prasodes but, apart from the shape, differs from them 
in the generally larger and stronger cell-ring and especially the thick mark (on the underside often extended 
